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Optimal college experience requires expanding horizons

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By Michael Freeman, Managing Editor I hated my experience at ACU. But not in the way you may have immediately assumed. Sure, I grew to loathe several facets of ACU life during my four years here.like 8 a.m. classes, dorm visitation rules, pompous attitudes from social club members, curfews, required meal plans that cheated you out of your money, ... [Read More…]

Administration reflects on past year

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By Michael Freeman, Managing Editor "Eventful," "exciting" and "extraordinary" are words ACU administrators used to describe the 2008-09 school year. Positive and negative news has emanated from the university during the last several months - more than Dr. Royce Money, president of the university, has ever seen. ... [Read More…]

ACUPD expands jurisdiction to I-20, E.N. 10th

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By Michael Freeman, Managing Editor Students living off campus may soon see ACU Police vehicles patrolling through their neighborhoods. The ACUPD expanded its jurisdiction in April after renewing its four-year adjunct police agreement with the Abilene Police Department. "We adjusted the boundaries to better reflect our constituency in our service ... [Read More…]

Literature class explore diverse opinions: Authors, films challenge ACU upperclassmen

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By Michael Freeman, Managing Editor Twenty-three upperclassmen sat in a spacious classroom, surrounded by dozens of desktops, but not one student's attention was focused on a computer screen. Instead, all were engaged in a class discussion about the film Milk, a critically acclaimed movie about Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man to be elected ... [Read More…]

North side Wendy’s open for business

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By Michael Freeman, Managing Editor Harold Lipford sat and ate his No. 5 Ultimate Chicken Grill combo at Wendy's, and he did not even have to drive across town to enjoy it. A Wendy's restaurant on Scottish Road, in front of Lowe's Home Improvement and near Jack in the Box, opened for business Friday. "I'm glad they're on this side of town," said ... [Read More…]

Wheels of Wisdom

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By Michael Freeman, Managing Editor Todd Lollar's cerebral palsy and speech impediment did not keep him from earning his bachelor and master's degrees. It did not keep him from continuing to search for a job after experiencing five years of discrimination from multiple businesses. And it did not keep him from delivering his message of ... [Read More…]

Lack of access for disabled prompts review of campus

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By Michael Freeman, Managing Editor Bryan Evans could not attend his English class last semester. The classroom door was unlocked, but that did not matter because the building doors were out of his reach. Evans, freshman youth and family ministries major from Angleton, was born with spine bifida, a spinal cord defect, and because of this he must ... [Read More…]

Voluntary attendance would enhance Chapel

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By Michael Freeman, Managing Editor The laws of science contend a perpetual motion machine cannot possibly exist because it would eventually lose energy and break down. Apparently, science has never been to Chapel. Every year, ACU's Chapel program trudges on, offering students the same routine songs to sing, speakers who could put an insomniac ... [Read More…]

Candidates promise openness, honesty for next year: Debate covered issues, platforms in Tuesday night’s forum

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By Michael Freeman, Managing Editor "Openness," "honesty" and "transparency" were words repeated often as five candidates for Students' Association Congress debated in front of several hundred students in Moody Coliseum on Tuesday night. The hour-long Chapel forum, moderated by SA president Sarah Pulis and elections co-chair Blake Penfield, ... [Read More…]

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